Vin Diesel's "Riddick" Gets R Rating

Ever since Vin Diesel started working on the third "Chronicles of Riddick" movie, called "Riddick," he's been promising that the film will be R-rated. Now comes word from MPAA that the film has indeed received an "R" rating for "strong violence, language and some sexual content/nudity."

The original "Pitch Black" film was R-rated. The sequel, "The Chronicles of Riddick," was PG-13. When the third film was announced, fans were worried that Diesel would tone down the violence in order to reach a wider audience, and thus make more money. That turned out to be false.

In the new movie, Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he's encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.

Let's hope it's not as Ridd*ckulous as Chronicles. Sounds like they're trying to go back to the Pitch Black feel which is good and this film would have been sh*t if it was anything lower than R Rated. Now we'll just have to hope they market it well enough for people to turn up. Vin's gotta eat!

Good move Vin. The second movie was total horse sh*t because of its toned down nature and terrible script. Its nice to see Vin acknowledge that and get the material back to its roots. Only problem I see is the fact that this plot synopsis sounds like a rehash of the first 2 films.

Rated-R might be the only thing going for this pile of sh*t, and yes, I said pile of sh*t, not to be negative, but because a) Vin Diesel makes mostly sh*tty movies and b) only Pitch Black was good, the sequel was ambitious but terribly flawed.